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Books received – Althusser, Lacan, Megill, Badiou, Duménil, Ginzburg, Haven, Maspero

Posted on February 25, 2022 by stuartelden

A lot of second-hand books bought recently, including Cynthia Haven’s Evolution of Desire: A Life of René Girard.

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Irus Braverman (ed.), Laws of the Sea: Interdisciplinary Currents – Routledge, July 2022

Posted on February 25, 2022 by stuartelden

Irus Braverman (ed.), Laws of the Sea:Interdisciplinary Currents – Routledge, July 2022 Update: the e-book can be accessed open access here. Currently listed just as hardback, but a paperback and open access e-book will also be available. One of the … Continue reading →

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Books received – Elden, Althusser, Squire, Bates, Althusser & Sève, de Beistegui

Posted on February 13, 2022 by stuartelden

Stjuart Elden: Fuko: Rođenje moći (the Serbian translation of Foucault: The Birth of Power), two older Althusser books and one by Catherine Bates, Rachael Squire’s fascinating Undersea Geopolitics: Sealab, Science, and the Cold War, which I endorsed, and Miguel de Beistegui, Thought … Continue reading →

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Tom Long, A Small State’s Guide to Influence in World Politics – OUP, May 2022

Posted on February 13, 2022 by stuartelden

Tom Long, A Small State’s Guide to Influence in World Politics – OUP, May 2022 A complete guide for how small states can be strikingly successful and influential–if they assess their situations and adapt their strategies.Small states are crucial actors … Continue reading →

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Books received – Lévi-Strauss, Ginzburg & Lincoln, Derrida, Robcis, Mallette, Eliade

Posted on February 12, 2022 by stuartelden

Books in recompense for University of Chicago Press review work – some older ones, two recent Derrida translations, Carlo Ginzburg and Bruce Lincoln, Old Thiess, a Livonian Werewolf, Camille Robcis, Disalienation: Politics, Philosophy and Radical Psychology in Postwar France, and … Continue reading →

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The Archaeology of Foucault update 14: working on madness and medicine and a complete draft

Posted on February 11, 2022 by stuartelden

Although I’ve been teaching this term, I have also been working hard on the manuscript of The Archaeology of Foucault, in particular completing one chapter for which I had some draft material before. It’s the first chapter of the book, … Continue reading →

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Andrew Latham, Medieval Sovereignty – Amsterdam University Press, February 2022

Posted on February 10, 2022 by stuartelden

Andrew Latham, Medieval Sovereignty – Amsterdam University Press, February 2022 Through a focused and systematic examination of medieval theologians, philosophers, and jurists, Andrew Latham explores how ideas about supreme political authority—sovereignty—first emerged during the high medieval period. The author provides … Continue reading →

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Books received – Macherey, Kurlander, Vuillerod, Kristeva, Vernant, Benveniste, Trubetzkoy, Dumézil

Posted on February 8, 2022 by stuartelden

A mix of second-hand books, mostly for the new project on Indo-European thought in France, along with a copy of Jean-Baptiste Vuillerod, La naissance de l’anti-hégélianisme: Louis Althusser et Michel Foucault, lecteurs de Hegel, and another volume of the Théorie series, Pierre Macherey, … Continue reading →

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Mark G.E. Kelly, Normal Now: Individualism as Conformity – Polity, March 2022

Posted on February 8, 2022 by stuartelden

Mark G.E. Kelly, Normal Now: Individualism as Conformity – Polity, March 2022 This is a book about what we consider normal. It details how the very concept of normality emerged in the modern era, and how it has changed over … Continue reading →

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100 YEARS IN FULL BLOOM

Posted on February 3, 2022 by stuartelden

Originally posted on andy merrifield:
100 years ago, in Paris, February 2nd, James Joyce celebrated his fortieth birthday by raising a glass (or two…) to Ulysses, his great epic novel, launched into the world in all its full, if later revised,…

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